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### Bug or Regression

- Disable aufs module for gce clusters ([#103831](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103831), [@lizhuqi](https://github.com/lizhuqi)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

A new feature was enabled to improve the performance of the iptables mode of `kube-proxy` in large clusters. No action was required, however:
  
  1. If you experienced problems with Services not syncing to iptables correctly, you can disable the feature by passing `--feature-gates=MinimizeIPTablesRestore=false` to kube-proxy (and file a bug if this fixes it). (This might also be detected by seeing the value of kube-proxy's `sync_proxy_rules_iptables_partial_restore_failures_total` metric...

    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes)
- [v1.12.9](#v1129)
  - [Downloads for v1.12.9](#downloads-for-v1129)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-1)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-1)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-1)
  - [Changelog since v1.12.8](#changelog-since-v1128)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-1)
- [v1.12.8](#v1128)

    - [Action Required](#action-required)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes)
- [v1.8.14](#v1814)
  - [Downloads for v1.8.14](#downloads-for-v1814)
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    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-1)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-1)
  - [Changelog since v1.8.13](#changelog-since-v1813)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-1)
- [v1.8.13](#v1813)

    - [Added metrics](#added-metrics)
    - [Deprecated/changed metrics](#deprecatedchanged-metrics)
  - [Notable Features](#notable-features)
    - [Stable](#stable)
    - [Beta](#beta)
    - [CLI Improvements](#cli-improvements)
  - [API Changes](#api-changes)
  - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-1)
    - [API Machinery](#api-machinery)
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